For journalists who follow the latest news and trends in consumer electronics, IHS Markit analysts will be available for commentary ahead of and onsite at IFA 2018 in Berlin, Germany, from August 31 to September 5, 2018.

The growth of the energy storage market offers suppliers of inverters a huge growth opportunity, across a wide range of applications and regions. Many existing providers of solar inverters and industrial power electronics have moved to take a leading position in this growth market.

This report provides an update on the latest trends for Li-ion battery pricing, combining the latest insights gathered from purchasers of batteries, with analysis of the impact of growing demand from the automotive sector and rising raw material prices.

This report provides a comprehensive review of the behind-the-meter residential energy storage market in the United States, and helps subscribers understand the current market and future outlook of this rapidly evolving energy storage segment.

This report provides a comprehensive review of the United States behind-the-meter commercial & industrial (C&I) energy storage market. The report helps subscribers understand the current market and future outlook of this fast growing energy storage segment.

This presentation was given by senior research manager, Sam Wilkinson, at Energy Storage Europe in Dusseldorf. It provides a global overview of the market and summarises key trends for 2017 and beyond.

The presentation was given by Sam Wilkinson at Clean Energy Live 2016 in Birmingham, UK on 6th October 2016. It addresses the current landscape and outlook for large-scale battery energy storage in Europe.

Major Germany electricity producer, Steag, has announced that between mid-2016 and early 2017 it will install a total of 90 MW of battery energy storage systems at its existing power plants in Germany, and will use these systems to participate in the primary control market.

This short presentation was given by Sam Wilkinson to the All Party Parliamentary Group for Energy Storage at Portcullis House, London. It is intended to provide a quick high level summary of the current status of the global energy storage market.

IHS has produced a second edition of its highly acclaimed ‘The Future of Grid-Connected Energy Storage’ market report. The report contains detailed analysis of the market potential for the deployment of grid-connected energy storage; as well as the functions, drivers, technologies and suppliers that will shape the market’s growth.

As Nariman Behravesh, lead economist with IHS, has noted “nurturing the process of innovation will ensure that the huge improvement in the human condition that has occurred over the past two centuries was not a fluke of history”. Indeed, nurturing innovation was the primary topic of conversation at Qualcomm Life Connect 2015 (Internet of Medical Things) held in San Diego during August 31 and September 1, 2015. With cautious optimism about short-term growth expectations for digital health, and more resolute optimism for growth in the long-term, the event brought together several key players in the digital health ecosystem that are making use of Qualcomm’s 2net/Healthy Circles connectivity platform. This article is a synopsis of Connect 2015 with additional insight from recent work that IHS has conducted in regard to digital health.

The world market for wearable technologies was worth an estimated $11.35 billion in 2014, up by nearly 18% from 2013. The market is continuously experiencing high growth, which is supported by demand from several wearable applications including medical, fitness, and infotainment.

SunEdison is a leading developer of PV systems, and its pipeline extends across nearly all major PV markets worldwide. It has developed several one-off microgrid projects in the past, but this represents the first major large-scale build out of off-grid systems. As a large proportion of India’s population has extremely restricted access to electricity, solar microgrids (combined with storage) offer an extremely compelling alternative to other options such as diesel generators or extremely costly extensions of grid infrastructure.

Alevo Group, a Swiss manufacturer of grid-scale energy storage systems, announced on 17th February 2015 that it has signed a joint operational agreement with Customized Energy Solutions (CES) to provide 200MW of frequency regulation services to the wholesale energy market in the United States, using its MW-scale Grid-Bank battery product. Alevo claims that this represents the largest ever energy storage deployment in the United States of America.

In its Q4 2014 earnings call, US electric vehicle manufacturer, Tesla Motors, restated its intentions to release an energy storage product for the residential and commercial markets in the United States in 2015.

German solar developer, Belectric, has announced that it will develop, construct and operate two large-scale battery energy storage systems in the UK. One of the systems will be co-located with a 3.8 MW ground-mount PV system, and the other will be in the grid. The systems are part of the Enhanced Frequency Control Capability (EFCC) project which is led by The National Grid.

Some news has been released of a proposal by Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) to invest ¥81 billion to help resolve issues with the grid, and allow higher levels of renewable penetration. The proposal is believed to focus on deploying centralised grid-scale energy storage.

Stem, a leading supplier of behind-the-meter energy storage in the USA, has announced that it has raised a further $27 million in funding. Investors include the venture capital arms of both Exolon Corporation and Total. The investment will be used to continue the development of its energy management software and expand the company.